"'Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in the mid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis furiosus - is carried by a germ called prosperity."
George Mikes.
Let's start with the positive before moving to the not-so-positive:
1. You generally get to where you need to go in a shorter amount of time than driving there.
2. You see a lot of things you'll never see in your hometown.
3. You earn frequent flyer miles that you can use for FUN trips!
4. Your arms get a good workout from lifting your bag(s) in/out of overhead bin.
5. You can check-in online & save some time at the airport.
OK, not so great things about traveling:
1. People never learned from their mother that they are to walk on the right hand side of the terminal/hallway/passageway!! This is my pet peeve and I wish people would learn to stay to the right.
2. TSA screenings. Need I say more??
3. Hours spent in the terminal/on the tarmac when your flight is delayed. (On a positive note--I was stuck in ATL for 8 hours last year and met some really nice people in the terminal!)
4. Stinky bathrooms on the airplane. I know this must be very hard to keep under control, but couldn't they leave some Febreeze in the bathroom or something??
5. Hotels that put you in the very last room on the very last hallway. This is not always a problem because I've got "status" with the two big hotel chains, but when you don't have status...speak kindly to the front desk clerk and they might hook you up with a great room.
6. Being squeezed in a middle seat on the airplane. See #5 above about "status". If you've got it with the airline you are traveling on, no problem. If you don't and you want to get home earlier/check in late, you are going to get what's left over as far as seating (AKA: the middle seat).
There are many more positives and negatives about traveling. What's your take?
Happy Tuesday!
Laura
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